National Australia Bank and its home loan lender subsidiary have been ordered to pay a $15.5 million penalty after admitting to mishandling hundreds of customer hardship applications.
Sydney investment manager Rodney Forrest has pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading in relation to the trading of $2.6 million in shares of funds manager Platinum Asset Management while in position of inside information about a takeover offer.
The directors of payday lenders Cigno and BSF have filed for special leave to appeal a decision that found them liable for unlicensed credit activity, saying the case raises fundamental questions about the scope of accessorial liability.
A rental company providing long-term leases for household items has been slugged with a $7.4 million penalty after a court found its loan agreements did not comply with credit laws.
Former director of fintech iSignthis, John Karantzis, plans to appeal a ruling that slapped him with a $1 million penalty and disqualification orders for allegedly providing misleading information to shareholders.
The High Court will hear an appeal by Sunshine Loans, which centres on a judge’s recusal in the corporate regulator’s case over unauthorised fees.
A judge has handed iSignthis and its director $11 million in penalties for failing to give adequate disclosures and giving misleading information to the ASX, saying reliance on legal advice was no reason to reduce the fine.
Banks have agreed to refund low income customers a total of $93 million in excessive fees following an investigation by ASIC, but the Commonwealth Bank has refused to make $270 million in further repayments.
The Full Court has rejected ASIC’s appeal of a ruling that fintech Finder did not need a financial services licence to sell its defunct cryptocurrency product, saying the product did not involve a debt for money.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is taking a third swing at cyber enforcement proceedings, suing financial planner Fortnum Private Wealth after a breach saw the data of 9,000 clients published to the dark web.